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Talking points: Tennessee breaks strength coach stalemate
Tennessee football Volquest.com is reporting that the strength and conditioning coach stalemate has been broken, with Mark Smith agreeing to receive his entire contracted salary in monthly installments unless he finds another job, in which case, he'll either get nothing or the difference between...
Talking points: who's got the Munchies?
Tennessee football Current strength and conditioning coach Mark Smith is apparently still on the UT staff, although word is that it won't be for long. Sounds to me like a power struggle to see who's going to pay what. Stay tuned. QB prospect Munchie Legaux wants to know more about Tennessee,...
Talking points: the Kiffin Chimera is going to out-blog you this morning
Tennessee Oh yeah? Yeah! The whole trash-talking thing? Not just happening in the media. Tennessee's assistant coaches also routinely taunt each other during all phases of practice. Yesterday, Frank Wilson threw down the gauntlet, pronouncing before practice that the offense was going to...
Talking points: apologies for the irony, Scotty
Here's an oddity: Tennessee plays Mississippi State tonight in basketball. Scotty Hopson originally committed to Mississippi State but signed with Tennessee. Why? Because he liked the Vols' style of play. The irony, courtesy of this Bruce Pearl comment: "Watching Mississippi State now is like...
RTT exclusive interview with Bruce Feldman, author of Meat Market
I am as jacked as Lane Kiffin at a booster function this morning. Somebody stop me before I say something inflammatory. Why the sudden infusion of energy? Because yesterday afternoon Rocky Top Talk completed a ten-question email interview with five-star author Bruce Feldman. For...
Recruiting U: the innovation we didn't expect
Much like The Season of Which We Do Not Speak, there were a myriad of problems during this past Season of Constant Sorrow. Two of the most-cited reasons for the offensive inefficiency we witnessed in 2008 were the inexperienced/incompetent quarterback play and the attempt to implement an overly...












